MW0796 - USCGS 'MANZANITA' Triangulation Station - Modoc County, CA
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N 41° 16.688 W 120° 48.084
10T E 684132 N 4571964
This NGS triangulation station is located at the summit of Manzanita Mountain in Modoc County, CA.
Waymark Code: WMMV3W
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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I recovered this U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey triangulation station from 1947 in good condition. It is located at the summit of Manzanita Mountain and nearby a lookout tower. The NGS datasheet and NGS coordinates are adequate for station recovery.

NGS datasheet info:

01/01/1947 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1947 (SPH) THE STATION IS ON THE SUMMIT OF MANZANITA MOUNTAIN, ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CANBY, 9.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ADIN, AND IS ABOUT 325 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE MANZANITA LOOKOUT, SET IN THE CENTER OF A LARGE ROCK OUTCROP. THE MARK IS SET FLUSH IN A 12 BY 15 INCH BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 3 INCHES ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND AND IS STAMPED MANZANITA 1947. STATIONS MANZANITA AND QUAIL ARE INTERVISBLE FROM THE GROUND AND QUAIL WILL SERVE AS AN AZIMUTH MARK. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN CANBY, GO SOUTHWEST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 299 FOR 14.0 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT, GO LEFT AS PER SIGN, MANZANITA LOOKOUT STA. 9, AND GO EASTERLY FOR 4.8 MILES TO A FORK AND SECOND SIGN, MANZANITA LOOKOUT 4. KEEP RIGHT FORK AND CONTINUE SOUTHEASTERLY FOR 1.4 MILES TO A SECOND FORK, AGAIN KEEP RIGHT FORK AS PER SIGN, SWEAGERT VALLEY 4, AND GO SOUTHEASTERLY FOR 2 MILES TO A THIRD FORK, TAKE LEFT FORK UP STEEP HILL, AS PER SIGN MANZANITA L O 1/2, AND FOLLOW TRACK ROAD 0.5 MILE EASTERLY TO LOOKOUT AND STATION ON LARGE ROCK OUTCROP.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: MANZANITA

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk

County: Modoc County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): HERMIT BUTTE (1993)

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: MW0796

Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

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